"This
was the film where the Stooges sang the novelty
song Swingin' the Alphabet."

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

It's directed by silent screen comedian Charley
Chase ("Saved by the Belle"/"Fate's Fathead"/"Hello
Trouble"). This two-reeler proved to be one of the
more popular films of The Three Stooges. The title is
a rip on a 1936 movie called Valiant Is the Word for
Carrie.

It has The Three Stooges, Moe, Larry and Curly (Moe
Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard), as three
bumbling gas station attendants giving a fancy car
delivering three prominent science professors from
Germany arriving in America to teach at the
prestigious Mildew women's college the full personal
service treatment at the pump, which results in
blowing up their car. When the Stooges flee the scene
of their folly, they are dressed in graduation robes
and are mistaken for the German professors by the
college president Mrs. Katsby (Gladys Gale) as they
hitch a ride with her. They bring chaos to the campus
which upsets the Margaret Dumont-like college
president but bring some fun to her playful daughter
(Marjorie Deanne). It ends with a basketball filled
with nitroglycerin exploding and taking care of the
campus and the three German professors. This was the
film where the Stooges sang the novelty song "Swingin'
the Alphabet."

It's a typical Stooges' low-life physical comedy
romp, with head bashing, explosions and glib
wisecracks. Their best one-liner goes like this: Mrs.
Katsby: Oh, you'll just love it. Mildew has a lovely
student body. Moe: Yours wouldn't be so bad either if
you took off about twenty pounds!